The Globe’s presence in New Hampshire is minimal and has been steadily shrinking over the past decade. In fact, a few years ago the Globe stopped publishing its “New Hampshire Weekly” edition, citing paltry circulation numbers and declining advertising revenues. At the time, they were reaching approximately 23,000 New Hampshire adults, almost all in the southern tier of the state (i.e. south of Manchester and Portsmouth).

In case you are wondering, in a state with just over 1 million adults that represents about 2.3% of the population. Figure that at least half of those people are Republicans, and you can see the Globe’s Obama-love means little to those who will be voting in the primary.

Sorry, Barack. Better hope the Union Leader likes you.

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About Frank Marafiote

I have numerous interests (probably too many!) and try to write about them as much as I can. I publish several blogs and web sites and also write copy for other online publishers and businesses.
My writing regularly appears in the Hillary Clinton Quarterly, A Rake's Progress, Garden Reporter, and "Drive A Sailboat."
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